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52 Great Reads Prepared by the Center for the Book

and its Affiliate State Centers

AlabamaGin PhillipsThe Hidden Summer

AlaskaDebbie S. Miller and Patrick J. EndresGrizzly Bears of Alaska: Explore the Wild World of Bears

ArizonaConrad J. StoradMonster in the Rocks

ArkansasMichael ShouldersN Is for Natural State: An Arkansas Alphabet

CaliforniaH. Joseph HopkinsThe Tree Lady

ColoradoCarmela LaVigna-CoyleThe Tumbleweed Came Back

ConnecticutTomie dePaolaStrega Nona

DelawareMarisa de los Santos and David TeagueSaving Lucas Biggs

District of ColumbiaKathy StinsonThe Man With the Violin

FloridaGabrielle ReyesDolphin Tale 2: The Junior Novel

GeorgiaElizabeth O. DulembaA Bird on Water Street

HawaiiGraham SalisburyUnder the Blood-Red Sun

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IdahoN.D. WilsonBoys of Blur

IllinoisAndrea BeatyHappy Birthday, Madame Chapeau

IndianaJohn A. BeinekeHoosier Public Enemy: A Life of John Dillinger

IowaJacqueline Briggs MartinFarmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

KansasLisa HarkraderThe Adventures of Beanboy

KentuckyMarie BradbyAll Aboard! The Belle of Louisville

LouisianaWhitney StewartA Catfish Tale: A Bayou Story of the Fisherman and His Wife

MaineAnne Sibley O’BrienA Path of Stars

MarylandElisabeth DahlGenie Wishes

MassachusettsJane YolenLetting Swift River Go

MichiganMatt PhelanBluffton

MinnesotaDavid LaRochelleMoo!

MississippiChris CroweMississippi Trial, 1955

MissouriShane W. EvansUnderground: Finding the Light to Freedom

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MontanaCharlotte CaldwellVisions and Voices: Montana’s One-Room Schoolhouses

NebraskaTed KooserHouse Held Up by Trees

NevadaLynell Marie GarfieldThe Secret Life of Streams

New HampshireEric PinderCat in the Clouds

New JerseyPete DunneBayshore Summer: Finding Eden in a Most Unlikely Place

New MexicoRudolfo AnayaHow Hollyhocks Came to New Mexico

New YorkMelissa SweetBalloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade

North CarolinaSheila TurnageThe Ghosts of Tupelo Landing

North DakotaLise ErdrichSacagawea

OhioNikki GiovanniRosa

OklahomaTom TingleHow I Became a Ghost

OregonCynthia RylantTulip Sees America

PennsylvaniaZachariah OhoraNo Fits, Nilson

Rhode IslandJohn Rocco and Jay PrimianoSwim That Rock

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South CarolinaDinah JohnsonAll Around Town: The photographs of Richard Samuel Roberts

South DakotaDonald F. MontileauxTasunka: A Lakota Horse Legend

TennesseeNatalie LloydA Snicker of Magic

TexasAmerico ParedesWith His Pistol In His Hand: A Border Ballad and Its Hero

US TerritoriesSirena: A Mermaid Legend From GuamTanya Chargualaf Taimanglo

UtahKristen ChandlerGirls Don’t Fly

VirginiaTom AnglebergerEmperor Pickletine Rides the Bus

VermontJason ChinGravity

WashingtonJennifer L. HolmThe Trouble With May Amelia

West VirginiaBil LeppThe King of Little Things

WisconsinJaqueline Briggs MartinFarmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

WyomingFirst Lady of Wyoming, Carol MeadWyoming Firsts: Children’s Book